DIGITAL SUNDIAL

In 1991, Scientific American author Ian Stewart (based on a 1987 article by K. Falconer) hypothesized the possibility of a digital sundial in an article entitled "What in heaven is a digital sundial?" Inspired by this, the three inventors Hans Scharstein, Daniel Scharstein, and Werner Krotz-Vogel set out to make Stewart's fictitious clock a reality. The world's first prototype was constructed in the summer of 1994 in Germany, and the invention was patented in Germany and in the USA. The elegant designs of both large and small sundials were developed by artist and engineer Felix Scharstein, who joined the team in 1995.

Primary location: Weybridge United States